Using - English meaning

Using – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.
Usage examples:
She used her key to open the front door
Synonims:
Utilize Make use of Avail oneself of Employ Work Operate Wield Ply Apply Manoeuvre Manipulate Put to use Put into service Find a use for Resort to Exercise Exert Bring into play Practise Impl
verb
Take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply.
Usage examples:
We have used all the available funds
verb
Describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past.
Usage examples:
This road used to be a dirt track
verb
Be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience.
Usage examples:
She was used to getting what she wanted
verb
One would like or benefit from.
Usage examples:
I could use another cup of coffee

noun
The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.
Usage examples:
Modern trains are now in use

noun
The value or advantage of something.
Usage examples:
What's the use of crying?

noun
The habitual consumption of a drug.
Usage examples:
Theft and dealing financed their heroin use

noun
The characteristic ritual and liturgy of a christian church or diocese.

Present participle of use

Using translation into English

Using: translate from English into Chinese

使用, 运用, 用法

Using: translate from English into Dutch

Gebruik makend van, Gebruik

Using: translate from English into French

Utilisant

Using: translate from English into German

Verwenden, Verarbeitung, Verwertung, Aufwendung

Using: translate from English into Hindi

का उपयोग करते हुए, दस्तूर, व्यवहार

Using: translate from English into Italian

Usando

Using: translate from English into Korean

사용

Using: translate from English into Russian

С использованием, Использование

Using: translate from English into Spanish

Usando, Uso

Word origin

Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti .

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Using – similar words

us

juː

pronoun
Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people as the object of a verb or preposition.
Usage examples:
Let us know

abbreviation
United states.
Usage examples:
I hope to return to the us

noun
The twenty-first letter of the alphabet.

Us - all meanings in English

Using synonims

apply

verb
Make a formal application or request.
Usage examples:
You need to apply to the local authority for a grant

Apply - all meanings in English

employ

verb
Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
Usage examples:
The firm employs 150 people

noun
The state of being employed for wages or a salary.
Usage examples:
I started work in the employ of a grocer

verb
To pay someone to work or do a job for you
Usage examples:
The factory employs 87 workers., jacobs employs this phrase repeatedly.

Employ - all meanings in English

exercise

noun
Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.
Usage examples:
Exercise improves your heart and lung power

verb
Use or apply (a faculty, right, or process).
Usage examples:
Control is exercised by the board

Exercise - all meanings in English

exert

verb
Apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality).
Usage examples:
The moon exerts a force on the earth

verb
Put to use

verb
To use power or the ability to make something happen
Usage examples:
To cut costs, health-insurance plans are exerting tighter control over paying for medical care., sh…

Exert - all meanings in English

make use of

verb
To put something into your service for a purpose
Usage examples:
Do you know how to use a computer?, we could use your help., she uses so many big words, it’s hard …

phrase
To use something that is available
Usage examples:
We might as well make use of the hotel's facilities., we must make use of every weapon we have in t…

Make use of - all meanings in English

manipulate

verb
Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.
Usage examples:
He manipulated the dials of the set

verb
Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb
To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it
Usage examples:
Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

Manipulate - all meanings in English

manoeuvre

noun
A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
Usage examples:
Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes

verb
Move skilfully or carefully.
Usage examples:
The lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street

noun
A planned action that is intended to get an advantage
Usage examples:
This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who …

Manoeuvre - all meanings in English

operate

verb
(of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system).
Usage examples:
The prime minister operates a system of divide and rule

verb
Perform as expected when applied

verb
To work or cause something to work, be in action, or have an effect
Usage examples:
[ t ] how do you operate the remote control unit?, [ i ] changes are being introduced to make the d…

Operate - all meanings in English

ply

noun
A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.
Usage examples:
Tiles that have a black pvc ply in the lamination

verb
Work steadily with (a tool).
Usage examples:
A tailor delicately plying his needle

noun
A layer of something such as wood or paper, or a thread that is wrapped with other threads to form yarn (= wool cord) or rope
Usage examples:
Two-ply facial tissue, new buses plied the city's bus routes this week., extreme-sports athletes pl…

Ply - all meanings in English

practise

verb
Perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.
Usage examples:
I need to practise my french

verb
To work in an area such as law or medicine, etc. that involves long periods of training and high levels of skill
Usage examples:
Practise as sth she practised as a solicitor for 10 years before taking a career break., practise l…

Practise - all meanings in English

utilize

verb
Make practical and effective use of.
Usage examples:
Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Put into service

verb
To make use of something
Usage examples:
The library’s great collection allowed me to utilize many rare sources.

Utilize - all meanings in English

wield

verb
Hold and use (a weapon or tool).
Usage examples:
A masked raider wielding a handgun

verb
Handle effectively

verb
To have or use power, authority, or influence, or to hold and use a weapon
Usage examples:
Under the new city charter, the mayor wields most of the power.

Wield - all meanings in English

work

noun
Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.
Usage examples:
He was tired after a day's work

verb
Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.
Usage examples:
She has been working so hard

combining form
Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.
Usage examples:
Silverwork

Work - all meanings in English

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